Select (apéritif)

Venice's own answer to Aperol, and the bottle to pour when you want a Spritz with more backbone. Brothers Mario and Vittorio Pilla created Select in 1920, and its 30 botanicals lean on juniper and rhubarb root, giving a deeper red, drier and more bitter drink at 17.5% alcohol. Build the Spritz exactly as you would with Aperol, then finish it the Venetian way with a big green olive: the brine sharpens the bitterness and makes the whole glass taste more grown-up. Select also works as a lighter stand-in for Campari in a Negroni when you want something a little softer.